His quick probing helped Town to apply so much pressure in the first half that left the Moles cracking at the seams.

Binfield gave away several free-kicks and referee Simon Parbery issued a warning to them via skipper Gary Callaway.

But James Tyrell would have been better off fouling Graham Lewis than allowing him to take the ball off him and threading it through for Warren to fire Town into a 25th-minute lead.

Another error in defence presented Warren with another opportunity, but this time he could not find a way past keeper Matt Watson.

It was Warren who helped set up the second goal on 40 minutes. He put Danny Williamson away down the right and, as Watson ran unwisely out to meet him the Town right-back lobbed the ball into the net via the far post.

Within five minutes Reading were 3-0 ahead. Imani Likita chased down Watson as he went to kick clear and the ball rebounded off him into the net.

While Binfield had contributed to their own downfall, Town thoroughly deserved their lead as they had enjoyed much the better of the opening 45 minutes.

It was a different story in the second half, however.

In the 53rd minute Town were caught out by a swift counter-attack down Binfield's left flank which led to Seb Bowerman making it 3-1.

A flare-up between Lewis and Callaway on the hour mark brought the first two of several cards brandished by the referee, whose performance in the second half was rated as "poor" by both sides.

The Town bench complained bitterly when they conceded a second goal in the 75th minute. Keeper Nathan Silver went up to gather the ball amid a very crowded goalmouth, but it went to ground with Reading insisting that it was punched out of his grasp by a Binfield player (Adam Cornell) before substitute Carl Davies found the back of the net.

Town were now battling to hold onto their lead and they suffered a blow when Likita was sent off in the 85th minute when shown a second yellow card for a foul on Callum Whitty, who looked in agony as he lay on the ground, but quickly got back on his feet when the red card was shown.

But Binfield also finished with 10 men as Callaway, making his 250th appearance for the Moles, was shown a second yellow card for tugging at Tayler Mitchinson's shirt as the Town substitute raced through.

Millard said: "I was very happy with the three points and we deserved to win the game

"We did come under pressure in the second half, which we expected, but we still had as many chances as they did."